> The second half of this caveat is missing. 

Actually, Dr Seeley has written an entire book on this, so any discussion would have to include all of that, too. 

Meanwhile, there are several other points which need elaborating:

1) Survival of the honey bee in a given locale is not assured. Varroa mite was introduced to an offshore California Island to eradicate the honey bee, which it did.

2) Where will these neo-Darwinists get more bees? Dr Seeley told me that the "let alone" hives perished at the rate of about 30% per year. 

Simple math shows you will be out of business in three or four years. Unless you capture swarms, which could be from anybody's bees.

PLB

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